Watch-and-phone location sharing is a bit superfluous, since the phone will do it fine by itself. I could see a future hypothetical standalone Apple Watching s

Watch-and-phone location sharing is a bit superfluous, since the phone will do it fine by itself. I could see a future hypothetical standalone Apple Watching serving well in this role as a 'cheap' alternative to a smartphone, since it can already do audio Facetime calls over cellular, do basic SMS stuff, stream music, etc, while being nigh-useless for games (a factor that some parents would probably value pretty highly). The only reason one can't use it for that purpose already is the required phone tethering.